🌾 The Parable That Explains the World
A Study of Matthew 13:24–30 (KJV)
Are you confused by the ways of the world?
Why evil prospers.
Why corruption rises.
Why the wicked seem planted in high places.
Jesus already explained it.
He did not leave us without understanding. In one parable, He reveals the mystery of this present age — this dispensation of time in which wheat and tares grow together.
Be forewarned — this is a study.
📖 Matthew 13:24–30 (KJV)
🌾 The Good Seed
🔴 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 🔴
Jesus immediately establishes something profound:
The field belongs to Him.
The seed was good.
The design was pure.
Genesis confirms this.
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31 KJV)
Heaven and earth both have dealt with rebellion. The same evil. The same deception. The same enemy.
This is not random chaos. It is a field under divine ownership — but under temporary infiltration.
🌙 While Men Slept
🔴 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 🔴
This verse is critical.
“While men slept.”
In Genesis 2:2 we see God resting on the seventh day.
“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.”
Rest does not mean weakness — but it does introduce stewardship.
Adam was given dominion:
“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” (Genesis 2:15)
He was to guard it.
Yet in Genesis 3, the serpent enters.
And we must ask the same question you asked:
Where is God?
God had given responsibility. Authority. Free will.
The enemy did not create a garden — he infiltrated one.
This mirrors the parable exactly.
🌑 The Break-In
The enemy does not announce himself. He sows quietly.
Just as movements today spread rapidly — ideologies, corruption, deception — evil enters subtly.
Paul warned:
“For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” (2 Corinthians 11:14)
In Eden, sin entered like a virus — not of the body, but of the spirit.
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin…” (Romans 5:12)
Sin separates.
“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God…” (Isaiah 59:2)
God is holy. Sin cannot dwell in His presence.
The plan of the enemy has always been corruption — to defile what God declared good.
🌱 When the Blade Sprung Up
🔴 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 🔴
Notice — the tares were not obvious at first.
They grew alongside the wheat.
When fruit appeared, distinction followed.
In Genesis 4, we see two seeds revealed:
Cain and Abel.
Two offerings.
Two spirits.
Two lineages.
“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.” (1 John 3:12)
Jesus later clarifies the parable Himself:
“He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
The field is the world;
The good seed are the children of the kingdom;
but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
The enemy that sowed them is the devil.”
(Matthew 13:37–39 KJV)
This is not metaphor alone. It is spiritual reality.
There are two influences at work in the earth.
👁 The Servants' Notice
🔴 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 🔴
The angels see it. Heaven is not unaware.
🔴 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. 🔴
Jesus removes all confusion.
Not God.
Not evolution.
Not chance.
An enemy.
⏳ Why Not Remove Them Now?
🔴 28 The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 🔴
🔴 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 🔴
This answers one of the greatest human questions:
Why does God allow evil to continue?
Because premature judgment would damage the righteous.
Peter explains:
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise… but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish.” (2 Peter 3:9)
God’s delay is mercy.
Growth reveals identity.
🌾 The Harvest
🔴 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 🔴
There is an appointed harvest.
“The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.” (Matthew 13:39)
Jesus describes the outcome clearly:
“As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.” (Matthew 13:40)
There is a final separation.
Not by governments.
Not by movements.
Not by human force.
By Christ.
🌍 The Kingdoms of This World
In the wilderness, the devil tries to tempt Christ.
“And the devil… shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world…
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee…” (Luke 4:5–6)
Satan claimed temporary authority.
Jesus did not dispute his present influence — but He refused the shortcut.
Because the true kingdom comes through the cross.
🔥 The Final Reality
The tares may appear strong now.
They may rule systems.
Shape culture.
Control narratives.
But Revelation declares:
“The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” (Revelation 11:15)
The field belongs to Him.
The seed was good.
The enemy infiltrated.
But the harvest is certain.
🌾 The Parable That Explains the World
An Underline Study: The Two Seeds Beneath the Field
In the earlier outline, we established:
- The field is the world.
- The good seed are the children of the kingdom.
- The tares are the children of the wicked one.
- The enemy sowed infiltration, not creation.
- The harvest is the end of the age.
Now we go deeper.
Because many will ask:
If the tares are “children of the wicked one,” where did this pattern begin?
Jesus did not invent the concept in Matthew 13.
He revealed something first spoken in Genesis.
I. The Root Beneath the Parable — Genesis 3:15
Before Cain was born… before Abel offered sacrifice… before Canaan was named…
God declared:
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed…”
(Genesis 3:15 KJV)
This is the first prophecy of two spiritual lines.
The serpent has a seed.
The woman has a seed.
This is not merely biological language — it is covenant language.
The entire Bible unfolds from this declaration.
Matthew 13 is not a new teaching.
It is the harvest explanation of Genesis 3.
II. Cain as the First Pattern of the Tare
In our previous outline, we noted that tares grow beside wheat and look similar at first.
Genesis 4 shows us how early that distinction appeared.
Cain and Abel were brothers.
Same parent. (Mother)
Same environment.
Same instruction.
Yet different hearts.
“By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain…”
(Hebrews 11:4)
John clarifies:
“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.”
(1 John 3:12)
This is spiritual language.
Cain represents the pattern of the tare:
- Religious but not obedient
- Offering, but not by faith
- Present at worship, but resisting atonement
- Jealous of the righteous
When confronted, he is driven out:
“And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD…”
(Genesis 4:16)
The tare begins with departure from presence.
This aligns perfectly with the parable:
🔴 “An enemy hath done this.” 🔴
The enemy’s work produces separation from God.
III. Culture Without Covenant — The Development of the Tare System
After leaving the presence of the LORD, Cain builds a city (Genesis 4:17).
Civilization grows.
Technology develops.
Music emerges.
Industry advances.
But covenant is absent.
This becomes a recurring biblical theme:
Progress without presence.
Structure without submission.
Power without purity.
The tare does not appear demonic.
It appears functional.
It grows.
As just like today, it creates an environment that looks convinent but the underlying goal is control and dominance.
IV. Canaan — A Symbol of Spiritual Opposition
Later in Genesis, the land of Canaan becomes central to the covenant promise.
Abraham is warned:
“Thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites.”
(Genesis 24:3)
Isaac repeats the warning (Genesis 28:1).
Throughout scripture, Canaan becomes symbolic of entrenched systems opposed to God’s order:
- Idolatry
- Moral corruption
- False worship
- Resistance to divine promise
Canaan represents the maturing of the tare culture.
The land promised to Abraham is repeatedly contested by systems not aligned with covenant.
This mirrors the parable:
The field belongs to the householder — yet the enemy sows into it.
V. Jesus Reveals the Pattern Clearly
In Matthew 13, Jesus makes the spiritual distinction unmistakable:
🔴 “The good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one.” 🔴
He is not discussing ethnicity since they have entered into almost every field within the world.
He is revealing allegiance and the takeover that they work within very quietly and underground until they sprout up.
In John 8:44, Jesus tells religious leaders:
🔴 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.” 🔴
Some were physically descended from Abraham, while others were from the joining through the offspring of Cainite women.
And so spiritually misaligned, and the confusion that comes from being family.
Paul confirms:
“For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel.”
(Romans 9:6)
Spiritual lineage is defined by faith, not blood.
VI. The Present Age — Why Both Grow
We previously established that Jesus commands patience:
🔴 “Let both grow together until the harvest.” 🔴
This explains our current dispensation.
Why:
- Righteous and corrupt systems coexist
- Truth and deception share platforms
- Faithful and false appear within the same structures
The wheat does not uproot the tares.
Because premature judgment harms the field.
The separation belongs to heaven.
VII. The Harvest — The Final Separation
Jesus concludes:
🔴 “The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.” 🔴
The war of Genesis 3 finds its resolution here.
The enmity between the two seeds ends in separation.
Revelation echoes the finality:
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still… and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still.”
(Revelation 22:11)
Identity solidifies.
Alignment becomes permanent.
VIII. The Underline Truth
The question is not:
“Who carries Cain’s blood?”
The question is:
Who carries Cain’s spirit?
And conversely —
Who carries Abel’s faith?
The parable of the tares is not about race.
It is about root.
It is about worship.
It is about covenant.
It is about allegiance.
Two seeds have grown since Eden.
They are still growing.
But the harvest is appointed.
Final Admonition
Examine the fruit.
Examine the offering.
Examine the alignment.
Because when the reapers move, the field will be cleared.
🔴 “Gather ye together first the tares… but gather the wheat into my barn.” 🔴
The mystery is not hidden.
It has been written since Genesis.
🌾 Final Thought
If you feel confused watching the world —
Jesus already told you why.
Two seeds.
Two fathers.
One field.
One harvest.
The question is not why tares exist.
The question is:
Which seed are you growing from?
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith.” (2 Corinthians 13:5)
The wheat does not fear harvest.
The tare does.
The Artist ONE
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